Meanwhile, for the labour party, with me katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london the battle for the leadership turns our top stories. Increasingly bitter. Freshly elected mps arrive in westminster also on the programme. As democrats move this week for the first time to impeach President Trump including a new cohort republicans in the senate say of 109 conservatives theyve already Senate Republicans promise total decided hes innocent. Coordination with the president when hes on trial. But does that compromise one of arsenals star players has become embroiled the integrity of the trial . In a row with china. Coming up in the next half hour. The financial fallout is huge and says a lot about beijings power. 7 years ago a gunman in newtown Chinas Foreign Ministry says arsenal player mesut 0zil destroyed a community was deceived by fake news this weekend the schools football after criticising the countrys treatment of uighur muslims. Team gave them something to cheer. And the
Lets bring you some breaking news now in the past half hour, borisjohnson has announced that the uk and the eu have struck a Brexit Agreement. Writing on twitter, the Prime Minister said weve got a great new deal that takes back control , now parliament should get brexit done on saturday so we can move on to other priorities. well, the president of the European Commission, Jean Claude Juncker, said it was a fair and balanced agreement for the eu and the uk. However, the democratic unionists whose 10 votes the government might need to get the deal approved in the commons have said in response that they remain opposed to the deal. Let us been to chris, who is keeping gcioss let us been to chris, who is keeping across all of the developments here in the European Council. We had the following over the past half an hour some of the developments that have been coming in. Michelle bernier same as we have a deal, they were talking about whether as a builder isa talking about whether as a build
Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us we start with that breaking news britain and the e. U. Saying they have reached a deal on the u. K. s withdrawal from the European Union british Prime Minister Boris Johnson is hailing it as quote a great new deal you see he tweeted that out just a short while ago he is urging the u. K. Parliament to approve this deal this week now the deal lays out terms on Sticking Points including border and customs issues between e. U. Member ireland and Northern Ireland which is part of the u. K. But for shots and Northern Irish allies in parliament the d u p say they do not plan to back the deal. All right lets bring in our correspondent in london at the moment charlotta potts is standing by for us you know this is news that has just come across in the last 2030 minutes that an agreement has been reached what can you tell us what are some of the reactions that youre seeing over there. Well white smoke coming from downing street Boris Johnson confi
First electric cars, now electric lorries. A Battery Powered truck is launched in california. The makers say it can go 500 miles on a single charge. Good morning. Our commuting time is getting longer and we are travelling further than ever to get to work. Why, and what does it mean for passengers . I am at one of the countrys busiest train stations to find out. In sport, englands women need 20 20 vision. Its crunch time down under, and if they lose this mornings 20 over match, the ashes will be back in the hands of australia. Concern for sea life prompts one chain of childrens nurseries to ban the use of glitter. Well discuss the thinking behind the move. And matt has the weather. Good morning. A sprinkle of natures litter this morning, frost to begin friday for many of you. Lots of sunshine later on. People forecast in the next 15 minutes. The full forecast. Good morning. First, our main story. Police investigating the disappearance of a teenager in dorset are continuing to question a
70 years of marriage. And women are being advised to sleep on their side in the last three months of pregnancy, to avoid having a stillborn baby. To cut the risks of stillbirth. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Theresa may has met senior cabinet ministers in downing street in an effort to make progress on the stalled brexit talks. Discussions were expected to focus on a decision on raising the amount the uk will pay to leave the European Union. Today, the eus chief brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, said brussels was ready to offer the uk the most ambitious trade deal, but only if its terms were met. Also today, its been announced that amsterdam has been chosen as the location for the European Medicines Agency when britain leaves the bloc in 2019. Another london based organisation, the european banking agency, is to be relocated to paris. Heres our Political Editor, laura kuenssberg. Number ten is always a special place to visit. But today it was the scene of vital conversations f